New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-14
MAX VRELL TALKS.
GAN IapRovED FRENCHMAN."

LArED OBsCtNlrf.
There st-pped on the steamer Grrmanio when She
r-acrd pier early Yesterday morning after stormy
p,ssayo OF ten days, janDty. we'idressed man Oh
me ruIn height and thckset. erect figure. with an
almost American airrtnrss vi manner win hanus"me
orau cut feat ireS keen ob'ervsit biue eyes "oKhs
sauarely and directly through senderly mounted eye
glasses and with a slight waxod mnstaohe ana I'M
,srisL" III.
This WAS P,u B0u et known TO the American rohho
through his hooks as Max O'Rel" His appearances
corresponded closely the description OF mn "n'ch no
laughingly quoted from an English paper 'h"' no ""'
"a Frrnchnan who had remained treh"nma"' wv
.omcybal 'iuprov ed by long contact with Engts'
na,ple aud English NE" with Madame Bl"uct he was
driven tn the Everett House where. ter alternately
resting and attempting to walk or his sea legs 10
cordially received % reporter from THE IRIbuSr-
DnrFS MS nat TO Liberty.
Had he had a stormy PASSAGE ana dii ne mare" R"''
sailor WE'LL the said about that the better wa"
sin,ply dreadful all the way over. " But. no a'ue''
wo we're rewarded by the splendid sight we S'" ''
,,or,,,, when Ne steamed from Quarantine up the
h.au,, b.rbor ever, thing touched anu gior'hed ny
the rising sun against the pure blue SKY ~ WI" MI WI,
ous-tbs c,ty the Bridge. the Statue OF L'bcr'y-ah!
took of my hat when ga" 'n"' WIN" ""' "'"''''''
Of France"
Mr. Blouet's English Is perfect He does not. how
aver disappont listener by speaking with either
oookney or Yankee accent There Is goal deal more
than shade OF French IN his infections ami an occa
siona French pronunciation OF an English w"rd -as IN
instance" Nevertheless he showed himself distinctly
entitled 10 the compliment that he All Was paid hin
recently when. at the close Of lecture before All au
Snce Of sootchmen be apolOgiSed Tor mis- imperfect
English, aud brawny six rOotcr rose at Ouoe ana SAID
. Dir, ye speak English rs wee as ony o us! TITS 10
fifteen years OF residence In London that Mr. Bio net
owes his command Of the language which he has studied
not out Of books but among mon. making myself an
Englishman when among Engshmen." as lie says For
many years he was master OF French at ST. Pauis
eohoo In London but for the last five years has devoted
himself to books and newspaper work.
81 stumbled into leoturing" he said. but do not
mean follow that calling. l was visiting al
Torauay, whore my wife came from. and 1t was sug-
Cested that read In public from my books or write
lecture. hestated very much but finally consented ana
after the lecture they told me that after paying all
penses there a4S for me. said. Boys that joke
IA good enough repeat and have iectured with so
cess ever since all over England and in Scotland The
debut of OR- supplied the interest at the outset
but suppose my continued success must he attributed
to something agreeable in The lectures themselves
MAX O'RELL"A FAMILY NAME.
"where did you get your nom de plume. Max
ORen' Z"
"My grandfather was Max Bioust and In the Nspo
leonc wars he captured and detained as pr ~n"r
Of war in Ireland There he coured AMI maj riei Miss
OReil; 80 that have only put together nv faIi'
names have tried In vain to fad OReils In Ireland
though have found nearly every other kind OF Os'
some of them nearly like It.
~Haye the English ever resented your satires on
themi"
mot in the slightest degree. If could ne sure OF a
reception here rs cordial and kind as have met In
England. l should be very glad You Sec II makes all
the difference how one says a keen thing No one Gan
ever make good critic who has not some sympathy
with the object OF his criticism We cri'icse our friends
md eveu touch on fobes OF
after they are gone-but do 1t In love and no one
hurt by it You should have seen my audience o.
Englishmen when first delivered the lecture on JONI
Bull and Jacques BOnhomme' began with the French
man and while the audience enjoyed that they were rest
less as though they asking: When will he come
TO usf And when said: Now for John Bull they
settled back in their chairs ana looked at each other Al
much as TO say Now we're going to get 1t ; and thcy
recalled mo times at the end OF the lecture as
they would in theatre"
"What are your other lectures about !"
.For one entertainment read portions OF my book
that have been well spoken Of with comments and new
matter l have a lecture on the Scotch at Home OF
The Land OF Cakes Il don't know which snail call 1t
II should speak before schools shout Ike to de
liver nv lecture on John Bull. Jr or sohoolboys
Have Known 1t would hardly do for general audi
nce as good deal Of 1t consists OF curious blundere
French which 1t would require a knowledge OF FrencH
to understand"
WRENCH AS SHE IS TRANSLATED
aYour books have been sold extensively here; hav
YOU ever received any money for them '"
Not a penny. But do not complain OF that HHi
the custom Of the country TO republish foreign BOOKS
there doubt good reason for IT, and nave no u
position to question it, on the contrary. LOOK on IL
a g,ca. honor that my books have called for Blu
there Is one injury have suffered. which cannot spear
OF In my public uerances and which hope you VII
mention not as favor but act OF justice Wnei
my hook entitled John Bull and His Daughters wa
published my wife and made an English translation
II which printed in England and generally praised
for a
edition having been sent to America, some twcnyhfti
publisher secured and. dividing II into thir
parts it thirty different ransa'ors AMI In tina
way produced book that was placed peioro Ihe her
can public ~ my book OF these translaors Sne
French some knew little French some knew son
French and some French at al-and suoh q tranei
ton as they made OF It! single sentence which ma
pen to recall Will give you sn idea OF It, the Promo
original contained the expression M. ne vol
rctorwnrz pas, meaning don't turn round lhis a.
peared in the American version as: Mr.. - do not r
turn yourself! surely that is English as she
wrote But remains behind In preparing .ni
translation they made out OF work Tor whloh nau
cause to blush book that regarded simply ooscer
-aquality for which the original gave no Jntincauo
translation and have received numbers OF anonymou
letters from America saying III that 10 tne k,.d
stun you write' you had better s'op '''"'iN''s :"
Would it not be well: since you are known in Americ
through ransatioDs of your books Tor YOU 10 speak
this In your lecture " 49,
make au all the way through. and such AN outrae
as have described would be grim subject for plea
antry that | could not venture OH IT,
THE sCoTCHMAN's TURN.
GLOW does your new book Friend Macdonald
e" BEFORE I. came away there had been sold 4Sot
copies OF the French edition and 3Oooo OF the Ehsi'
translation"
.Repying 10 other questions MT Blouet said that
expected TO remain in America three or four mont
lcturing aud would travel for few weeks after that
the country. lie had set his heart on seeing VI
Rf.rux Mann tna and AZ ar VA
You should 20 TO Quebec" ~,
All, Quebec! Yes, indeed: must see that aDcici
DIT OF dear old France where they speak tho frehch
two centuries ago" .
After your comparisons OF the French ana VI
English II Will he interesting to learn, BY and bye no
you would compare the Americans and the English"
Il" know something of the Americans now. shOul
say they were much more free In their manDer-na